Month: January, 2016

“We’re all proud of our independent minds!”
they shouted in impressive unity
while shaking their imperious behinds.
“We’re all proud of our independent minds!
We’ve found what only independence finds!
Unlike the rest of you, we’re truly free!
We’re all proud of our independent minds!”
they shouted in impressive unity.

“You’re not allowed to say that here!”
“I am not where you think I am.”
“This is a happy, holy sphere.
You’re not allowed to say that here.
Your breath offends what we hold dear!”
“I won’t pretend to give a damn.”
“You’re not allowed to say that here.”
“I am not where you think I am.”

He won’t back down from anything he’s said–
and that is both a virtue and a vice.
Of media reproach he shows no dread.
He’s proud to tell you once and twice and thrice.
Of course, the things he says are far from nice.
They’re craziness — and maybe common sense.
He says that lousy losers carry lice.
He says intensity can get intense.
The truths that he conveys are not immense–
but often they are quickly understood.
Simplicity should govern in events,
he indicates. The simple path is good.
For his great popularity there’s cause:
the simple render him sincere applause.

Pay no attention, folks, to what we said.
(The videos were edited, you know.)
Don’t credit what you’ve heard or seen or read.
Pay no attention, folks, to what we said
on tape. Attend to our defense instead.
It isn’t so if we deny it’s so.
Pay no attention, folks, to what we said!
(The videos were edited, you know….)